Jessie-Anne Bird - Educational Psychologist

Jessie-Anne Bird - Educational Psychologist KZN based Educational Psychologist. I focus on assessments and psychotherapeutic interventions with a focus on life-long development.

I am an educational psychologist with a history of working in both mental health care and education. I work with children, adolescents, individuals, and families with the aim of improving psychological, emotional, and educational functioning. Through strong community involvement, I am invested in increasing access to mental health care in South Africa. I am able to focus on this through my continued work with the Johannesburg Parent & Child Counselling Centre, and as a member of the Executive Committee of The Educational Psychology Association of South Africa.

28/08/2026
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24/01/2024

✨Meet Jessie-Anne Bird!✨

Jessie-Anne is an Educational Psychologist, Senior Clinician and Supervisor at NDC KZN.

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Special interest:
Lifelong human development and Neurodiversity

Offers:
- Various assessments, including psycho-educational, career, and subject choice assessments as well as assessments focused on Neurodiversity,
- Psychotherapeutic support for children, adolescents, and adults
- Training and supervision
- Parent support and psychoeducation (PDA/EDA groups)

Experience in:
- Therapeutic and community interventions in the non-profit space, community engagement and project development,
- Supervision of intern educational psychologists and colleagues.
- Continued engagement with the Johannesburg Parent and Child Counselling Centre (JPCCC) including various projects based in inner-city Johannesburg,
- Television, radio, and newspaper interviews

Training:
- ADOS (CARA, UCT)
- Griffiths Developmental Assessment (Prof Yvonne Straub, ARICD)
- DISCO (Ben Truter, UK NAS)
- Comprehensive DBT (The South African DBT Institute)
- Parent-Infant Psychotherapy (Ububele)

Qualifications:
- MEd Educational Psychology (2016)

I will be running a support group for parents to assist with supporting children living with pathological/extreme demand...
26/05/2023

I will be running a support group for parents to assist with supporting children living with pathological/extreme demand avoidance. Contact [email protected] if you would like to join us in June.

Prolonged grief disorder - my discussion with 702. Do you or a loved one need support? Don’t be afraid to reach out to a...
30/09/2022

Prolonged grief disorder - my discussion with 702. Do you or a loved one need support? Don’t be afraid to reach out to a friend, family member, or professional. A load shared is a load lightened

The pain of losing a loved one can be intense. For most people it subsides overtime but what if your grief does not seem to fade?

My short mental health check in with 702
28/07/2022

My short mental health check in with 702

Relebogile Mabotja did a mental health check in with educational psychologist Jessie-Anne Bird, to find out how to help a panicking child.

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1 Foxhill
Salt Rock
4301

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+27 11 803 1321

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